The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-03
FIGHTING FOR A HOTEL.
A sPECN OF WAN ON THE SOUTH
BEACH OF STATEN ISLAND.


A vstn Exert to Ops. Partly Baiit Hetsi.
stendia9 On Land VITA Tive Ciain,ants,
- sursnsr Dag nssert-A Psiiee Raid.
Aspeck Of war swooped down upon Staten
Island on Friday afternoon, raRed bitterly
through Friday night. was controlled BY legal
ferns throughout yesterday, and now slum.
bers under . flag Of truce until after tho slo.
rious Fourth. The. scene Of hostilities
ia q little strip Of sand beach . mile
or moro below Fort Schuyler. whore the
natives go bathing. Tho casus belli IL
the possession OF an unflnished part
Of projected hotel, the rest OF which romans
upon tho drawing paper OF the architect. Tho
possession Of this partly finished hotel 10 sup.
posed to carry with 1t possession Of the strip Of
beach upon which 1t stands, and thereon
hinges the Eight.
In 1908 Queen Anne Of glorious memory era.
ciously granted to her loyal subject, Lancaster
syms. oil Of the land Of Staten Island then va
cant, or not otherwise conveyed by royal patent.
Just how many acres OF land that grant con.
veyed. or Ito precise situation. has never been
Satisfactorily determined. But the validity Of
the grant has never boon questioned. and
o great many land titles on the
are unqusstioned But there arc considerable
portions Of tho island which were msnifestly
pot included in the syms grant. and their tttles
have also remained upchallenGed. Then there
Other portions e Of deRssSbs teET2ry that
dsFsb Ss' sp eso3 " fnowS o
tho The, south, Beach, Is 90 disputed. or. at least.
IN this vicinity the ancestors Of Peter N. Ke.;
s. 5ss se Ge S Ms ss ap
tSss 1 .sssrt thse tSsiE sisis 4. SldsT sh.n shs
ETA could BEEN ess
meagerly described grant Of Queen Anne to
ss SsSs n ea
IT, But Saa now the Staten ssn
s2ss ~ s!%: ss I
. s ss x sh n SstsI marx s:ss s1
S Ssesss aSs 9s.sn Anss s sSsn
tho kettletssh title, 90 far xs II applies p land
Above hish waseE they nov nssqRRs ,b that II
Ri IS + ;Is sS III
reauirsd iFom ga ksstlstssh sst.ts ,snd thereon
tempistsd main building 81 posing di%sn.
sions, nsnked on either side BY wings. The
%sDs
70 the Ksssietssh sstase. ~ BUILDING has
Of use as summer day resort, $50.
June The ms' ~ 4s to bss
and shooting gallery in It. and By placing tables
comiS5ts6ls pisSs ofit; But either "a patron.
s + $sE 81 s:
10 HePemnn was effected under Cover Of
formal notice of which the following Is copy:
lowALL sfaEEI Nkw YoaK, July l.
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Whit liza p o'Gn ,y IL Msd s ssss
sds ss n4, xs vi e sod ssS 3:
slsssd ths Sstean had n aresay esecured
to sell beer and liquor on those promises, and
on taking possession proceeded With tue bust
He sf had S With him two sons or nepSews Charles
I'm e 3, toa tfs K XII ss i soon ,Sa
refused. Soon after midnight he assembled a
f Bersmsns 70 ana roush and tumble
s IN wss Of ss
atur sa P s%s1s ss@ % nayf s,. ssse
rstreatsd In disorder and haste. Tho police
hsm sI q. bss
retired to Tom Browns Ocean House across
sE sSsr Ksss 5s. aS9nR ssas ks
ans S1 sTs n
trsspass ANAL army OF police were sent e5t
turn these RheS
before ths Justice, who held them In 1000
gave ball Ssi an and them rstufnsd to the isla hut
9n aEhg Of thS Peach they 09na hst ths
who're the elder bergman. as agent oIthe Land
9%s Ssspt fssss
H. Ra h. e ,ha his osel H.
~ HSs ~ sdSsstsss q SissSs eSsssssiSn q
apy H isrtsr dsturSase e q tie sitaaton 'Ssn'
which Seyeuins yielded possession Of the Beach
Hotel were also served on Friday on John
ase6arts waD keeps hotel on us Ssseh Just
and grounds sui iart6er east, and on + W
Alexander, whose place Just below Fort
Schuyler Il one Of the most elegant on. the
islnnd. .Butno attempt to acquire Immediate
& sss gou H' bss a tse Ia III Yan Come
rany now have a suit pending in tho Supreme
Court against tho Station Island Rapid Transit
the Syins grant. They allege that they intend
to assert title wherever they claim tho right
900 acres, scattered over the island. The sec
Rotary OF the company Is G. ]. Bushnell, 35
Broadway.
U.nhor and VVaaea.